542 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Messrs, Hamilton,* and at a sale held by the 

 firm of Vanmeter & Hamiltons this season 

 seventy-three head averaged $519; ten head of 

 Renick Rose of Sharons being knocked off at 

 prices ranging up to $3,000. 



On Nov. 10 the Bow Park people sold thirty- 

 eight head at Glen Flora Farm at an average 

 of $555; Mr. A. J. Alexander of Woodburn 

 Farm, Kentucky, buying imp. Kirklevington 

 Duchess of Horton famous as the dam of the 

 fat-stock show champion Clarence Kirkleving- 

 ton at $2,030. Messrs. Henshaw, Trimble & 

 Pickett of Plattsburg, Mo., gave $4,025 at this 

 sale for imp. Grand Duchess of Oxford 29th, of 

 the Duke of Devonshire's breeding. Mr. S. F. 

 Lockridge of Greencastle, Ind., paid $1,700 for 

 Waterloo 38th, and the Hon. Emory Cobb of 

 Kankakee, 111., purchased imp. Kirklevington 

 Duchess 17th at 11,270. 



A new era at hand. Another milestone in 

 Short-horn history had now been reached. The 

 great outburst of enthusiasm for cattle of the 

 Bates, Booth, and allied tribes which had swept 

 over England and America was now subsiding. 

 In its earlier phases it represented the tribute 

 of the cattle-breeding world to the genius of 

 successful breeders; the verdict of two conti- 

 nents upon the refinement, beauty, and quality 



* Messrs. Vanmeter & Hamiltons had a few years prior to this sale ac- 

 quired by purchase about one-half of Mr. Renick's herd, including quite a 

 number of 4th Duke of Geneva cows. 





